DiagramShape.Content Property

Gets or sets the text displayed by the shape.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraDiagram

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraDiagram.v22.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Diagram

Declaration

C#

[DiagramCategory(DiagramCategory.Common)]
public virtual string Content { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DiagramCategory(DiagramCategory.Common)>
Public Overridable Property Content As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The text displayed by the diagram shape.

Remarks

To customize the text appearance settings, use the DiagramItem.Appearance property.

Example

The following code assigns the DevExpress.Diagram.Core.BasicFlowchartShapes.Decision shape kind to a shape and specifies the shape text and size.

C#

diagramShape1.Shape = DevExpress.Diagram.Core.BasicFlowchartShapes.Decision;
diagramShape1.Content = "Initialized?";
diagramShape1.Size = new Size(150, 60);

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-create-a-diagramshape-descendant-and-serialize-its-properties-t361265/CS/XtraDiagram.CustomShapeProperties/Form1.cs#L51

    if (shape != null)
        shape.Content = (dataObject = DataObjects.FirstOrDefault(x => x.ID == shape.DatabaseObjectID)) == null ? null : dataObject.Content;
}

VB.NET

how-to-create-a-diagramshape-descendant-and-serialize-its-properties-t361265/VB/XtraDiagram.CustomShapeProperties/Form1.vb#L54

    dataObject = DataObjects.FirstOrDefault(Function(x) x.ID = shape.DatabaseObjectID)
    shape.Content = If(dataObject Is Nothing, Nothing, dataObject.Content)
End If